Postoperative Shoulder Pain after Laparoscopic Surgery

Abstract

We often encounter patients complaining of shoulder pain after laparoscopic surgery. The pain mechanism is believed to be due to the diaphragmatic overstretching under pressure in a pneumoperitoneum, which causes referred pain to the shoulder, but the exact mechanism has not been clarified.

Keywords: Appendectomy; Laparoscopy; Postoperative pain; Shoulder pain; Surgery.